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I’m getting a number of “what about the Covington thing now???” tweets. I get it, because I’m ABSOLUTELY guilty of sharing one of the first videos I saw that were available. Longer ones emerged over the next 48. more info still coming out. Watched the YouTube and longer clips..
So yeah, here you go. My initial take was that these kids behaved like ignorant, disrespectful, mocking children. I was upset. I watched the two hour video on YouTube, and the longer clip...and here’s what I think now...
The kids still behaved like ignorant, disrespectful, mocking children. The Israelites spewed some pretty hateful words, including homophobic slurs. Nathan Phillips approached the students. All these facts are not mutually exclusive. I don’t know why we struggle w this so much...
My takeaway remains that if you find yourself at the tail end of an indigenous people’s march in a hat that has come to symbolize something (this is a reality. Argue that you think it shouldn’t, but it’s a reality), you may want to keep a low profile.
Threatening violence against kids is wrong!! The left is not a monolith, so if you don’t like someone’s take (and there are some shitty ones), talk to that person. There ya go. No whataboutisms. Ppl who think the kids acted just fine will never be satisfied, but there ya go.
